When white phosphorus is boiled in alkaline medium
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When white Phosphorus reacts is boiled in the alkaline medium, it undergoes a reaction in presence of water (boiling condition) to form respective alkali cation hydrogen phosphite and hydrogen
White phosphorus has a chemical formula of P₄ as white phosphorus exists in tetraphosphorus (P₄) form as it has a tetrahedral structure.
Say the alkaline solution is Sodium Hydroxide, with the mixture boiling,
P₄ + 8 NaOH + 4 H₂O → 4 Na₂HPO₃ + 6 H₂↑ (boiling mixture condition)
forming ;
→ Sodium-hydrogen phosphite and Hydrogen as products
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